Storage container and method of making same
OwnerRonald L. Arnaudinventor
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Abstract
A container includes two elongate tubular members, one telescoped within the other. The inner tube has an access opening in one section of an upper wall portion through which articles can be placed into and removed from the interior of the tube when the inner tube is withdrawn from the outer tube, the access opening being effectively closed when the inner tube is again telescoped into the outer tube.
Claims4
A method of making a storage container from a cylindrical member of predetermined length comprising the steps of cutting the member in half to provide two tubular sections of substantially equal length, making cuts in one section extending generally longitudinally of said one section to remove a longitudinal portion of the section and permit it to be formed into a new tubular section having a diameter less than the inner diameter of the other section, forming said one section into the new tubular configuration and securing it in said new tubular configuration, and closing the ends of said new tubular section.
A method of making a storage container comprising the steps of cutting an elongated tube of circular cross-section in half to provide first and second tubular sections of substantially equal length, cutting an access opening in the wall of the first section intermediate the ends of the section and leaving an uncut portion between each end of the section and an edge of the access opening, and cutting a slot in each uncut portion, the width of the slot being chosen so that the section can be formed into a new tubular section having a diameter less than the original diameter of said first section by an amount adapting said new tubular section to telescope into the second tubular section, and closing the ends of said first section.
A method of making a storage container from an elongated cylindrical member that is substantially uniform in diameter throughout a major portion of its length and has a bell portion of increased diameter at one end, the steps of cutting said member in half to provide two sections of generally equal length, cutting an access opening in the section that does not have the bell-end, making slots in said section between each end of the section and the access opening, said slots being wide enough to permit the section to be reformed with a smaller diameter adapting the section to telescope into the bell-end section, holding the section in a cylindrical configuration at the smaller diameter, and securing end pieces on the section to substantially close the ends of the section, the bell end of the uncut section acting as a guide for the entry of the reformed section therein.
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